| Show T RACE Lf f ft FOR VANDERBILT t ll CUP LUr There Were tere Eighteen Starters No 13 cIng Purposely Omitted THE PIE DISTANCE t WAS VAS MILES V Heath Won the Roce Element See Sec V nii Ic IC ICV V New York Out Oct Ctt 8 Promptly at 6 0 orlo this Ihl morning the tha first trel oar car cr shot avny from West Welbur bury L I In the HID th SOb 8 mile mie automobile race nice for or the Van Val cup CUI Thi rhe fh recent racer fire are fe as all follows No ro o by Driver No 1 1 8 5 U Ii Stevens Jr Campbell No 2 R n H ft I No 3 C B R p Durr Tracy No I 1 1 by No 5 u George orge Arents AlIte Jr Arenta No N 6 5 I Entered by h No 0 7 T Entered by hy No S 5 K R 1 K n Thomas Hawley No o 9 g 0 o 0 O Werner No 0 10 owned by 1 Alfred a O VanderbIlt did not start No 0 U 11 1 W Y n Nolt No 1 1 A Clement Clement No ye 0 It ii By Ity 11 manufacturer Tart No o K n 1 Ily 1 Ii manufacturer Teste No o e 16 1 Ily 1 manufacturer Schmidt No 01 IT 17 Frank Croker Croker No co 18 is I J r Jr Wormier No 19 18 William Wallace Wallace It 1 will wi be noted that there Is II no No NoH 13 H That fat number was WA omitted by designation delg designation nation The Tile start was wu maths made tade promptly I 11 t at Rt 6 ocol As Al Campbell shot hot out front from the tho stalling line lne with wih S B Stevens Steen Oho power machine a I cheer chr went welt up from the crowd on the grand stood and hundreds gathered on Oi either cither side Ride of ot the course COUI No o 7 C 2 B M Duerr carriage broke broils hr 1 Its 18 main Ilin drive wheel passing Queens anti 1111 wan isas Wil taken Inken out of oC the roses race me Nos Noe 5 l and 10 both their tires early In the Iha race rac but html kept on letoN Before the first machine went oft off ot on ito 10 miles mie journey nurney ure the grand uric al nfl packed with wih spectators and thou antis of at people lined the course cours eager elger to catch a R glimpse g of the whirling whining ma Ina machines machines chines chinos ai M they flashed by byTho b byThe Tho The course count of ot th the rare race Is If exactly X 1014 0 miles mie In lii length It 11 Is II nn an In elongates elongated triangle at Rt the this apex IX ot oC which to the thet west t In IH the th village of Jt Queens Tho Tue I course CU is to lx be I covered ten times limes Imol There Thero Are two controls on omi the course one on at I Ickle 49 40 a In length arnI ml nd the other at Hempstead miles malIce long 1011 contestant must IU t tako tak tak three minutes minute to togo togo togo go through h this the Ih control central and MX minutes to tn go IO through h the Hemp Hempstead stead control As A I Wallaces alice car Xo No 19 HI rounded the th turn tur At Jericho on the lint fIrst Up lap of ot the tho therace race ruc Cf It I was I Men to be l In trouble U it 1 stopped about IV iro 1 yards yard beyond the tho 11 turn lun and all It U was WA turn then learned the machine hurt had been I n fed Cl too 10 much oil 01 and an the this engine en lne had hAt heroine become lne clogged d dr r rc n ny Anthony mi so Mi Italian Italin who Iho was waa M acting MUng as U 1 assistant to 10 driver Wallace all jot got out to 10 remedy the trouble and them thun h m J as a 1 1111 drift of ot 2 mInutes and ald 0 seconds P When everything wee Wi In or order tier der Wallace started alerted the thie machine up II UI anti and InI Anthony made a flying Hying 1 leap to board br It I He Jl H missed Ills hll footing And lent nt under tin thi th rear end wheel of o the c car r Another Italian who WM wu In III Ina a It repair tent tnt loPe close 1011 to the th track MW saw the mishap end and rushing out leaped the ear ar which went nl t OtC off ff with a rush ruh and auth was quickly nut Out of oC sight light Anthony was 11 carried Into Inlo the repair tent Ind n a physician who wa W was present presente e him H It was waa found that he lie was vu not seriously l hurt hurl hurlIhe The times of oC the start atari were I as I fol Col follow Collow oh low lows Time Time No 1 11 fi j jNo No o J 13 12 6 17 2 Ns in n 3 14 No o 4 IS No S MNo 16 i iNo No C 17 6 0 No 7 IS 15 No 8 UNo 0 19 I V V NO 9 II ft R n Thomas nr r ir r n by h b Hawley Holp had hed a w 1 11 from CroUt dla Ir while kIn ft n quick Quirk turn toni mi ci the Ih hill hili road at nt Queens on the first lap lal V r It U swerved off oft the roadway ran up on I the grase 11 plot phol aloni alon the road and miss mill missed missad ed ad d Into a II big tree t by le I less than thana a 11 I foot Quickly the back into the road ad and It II sped 11 away uway liwa on Its It Journey The narrow escape caused momentary excitement among the spectators spectator No Io 4 blew out a fuse tUlle while passing palling Queen Quel B river Webb stopped and put In iii u IL new fuse and started off again after Atter a IL delay of ot about two to minutes minute Car Cr No 1 18 15 car broke a Q alire tire lire while rounding a 1 curve at Jericho and nd after aUer n Ii delay of oC DO SO second It was wan wanon waon wason on a nat list tire A ACe few SW minutes later IcIer Frank car ear met mt a II similar accident at ai atthe atthe the tame lame place pla Croker tilled filled a new tire lire and 1114 this together with some ome slight light trouble with his engine cOIL coat him 16 15 minutes tl At Mineola car cir passed pupil across th the Long Lon Island Illand railroad till road track directly In front ot of a moving train Iraln mining missing the Iho pilot of or the tha engine p to oy plea less lea than thin 30 ao 0 feet teet The train had been beu heW stopped stepped by the signalman stationed ai It arthe the crowing crossing but the tho engineer claims that the nag against him had lied b tui raised before he hi started Gabriel who lid led at the end of ot the first lap main tamed hi hie In the second cov covering ering erIn the course courie our the second time at an n average speed of ot 12 1 2 miles mill an all hour Tim Tho end of lb Ib third lap alto also saw MW A the French driver drive leading the procession hut In the next round Heath neath s I car No Nil 7 shot to tu the front leading Gabriel hy by a little littlemore more than four tour minutes The machines entered hy 11 K IC R Thom Thomas I as SI and W Ii Q 0 1 were out of ot the therace therace therace race before the end of ot the tho fourth lap III the first from broken springs and antI the second because ot of a R shattered hat axle Although many mites mile behind seine Mine ot of atthe the cat ea the real rul leader lead In the rare race up liP liPto to the end nl of the this third Up 1st wa wap the Imported car No 16 lb driven by Teats Teate Starting marling tt u mini alter aUer the Iho first ear got gilt away awit awa the machine circled the at remarkable speed peed The first three lapi ispa 1011 were wert covered In 7 1 76 minute and SI 21 1 seconds Tilt The Tb second lip lap la wan covered cover In S 2045 s sAlfred Alfred 0 O ear No 10 which isa a 81 unable to start with wilt the out oth others ers era because cf t a slight accident wa was repaired and anI sent lent away AWa more than two hours later lat I The cur car was waa started with no hope that It would l I be a real factor In the race but to fo go 0 after a Il speed rec record record record ord for tor the course The car wa was stop stopped Pad lIed at the end ot of the th Oral first round how however hower however ever er on the ground that a flying Hying start was not permitted r In a speed trial The objection to 10 time the Hying start was isae M finally withdrawn anti and the Vanderbilt car II 5 wa WI allowed to tn continue The first Out round WRit completed In K 15 minutes minute flat The first serious accident of the rare race 1 occurred on the stretch h tho the turn at nt Quell Queen end and nl when the th tire limp dipped front from Arents Arent he Iud and his chauffeur Carl M Men In Mensal n sal Jel were wert thrown violently to the A rents was wal not 1101 seriously In Injured Injured but bUI the tha wan was hurt Both noth were svere w taken to a hospital I Menzel dietl later biter Heath took lOk the Iea lead train from cOny In the th rate race and amid maintained It lilt all sully having a II KOOI good lead lend over all the competitor up in to the finish h of ot the tho sixth round Lp tP t to III that thai time Gabriel hud hail held second po ton hut but an Rn sect acci accident dent put him temporarily out of ot the this thenice nice awl and Clement lement driving his hill own took the position Ion next behind the th leader Clement time the sixth round In 31 Cl In lit time the Ih circuit of ot the time course Heath Hath experienced considerable hard lii K t kt Ip 1 19 vr fit o 13 ii m f io rite to time the tl I Itt hell ft I lacking only emily 10 points of t tile the Il t At that t Heath I tim and Clement were well In the tue lead and anil loch both were acre pushing puishing their ears cars to the this utmost hall had a I second thrilling escape e from remit n it collision with a II train This lime thre It waa wu at Queens A passenger train lind himi stopped nt RI till the station and unloaded unleaded It H its passengers And had re cc received the signal to 10 go o ahead Tim Tho station Is II only about fc te test t from rom the tho On Ott receiving the signal that th track waa clear the engineer start e el eJ l up II anti and the locomotive had reached I the Iho th middle of or the tue rare race con retiree me when chart Ga Oa Gabriels briels britis bl IE 18 car rushed down the road A Ashout shout huu went nt up slim from the crowd gathered I I at the crossing and the time was waa acted Id l frantically to 10 time the th engineer to hark hack the train I rid II The lever hover was WAI prompt promptly ly hy reversed rever e l an u the locomotive slowly baked off art the tue I he course the ma chilie Hashed by the cow eow cowcatcher catchier catcher by Ie I less than two test feet Heath kwh bad luck pursued him hint In Inthe inthe the seventh h round his tire was ntine punctured lured at almost at thiS the spot where Gabriel got In trouble n a few Ct before Clement continued to 10 Wails train and drive lila machine at It its highest speed In an In effort efort to cut down the lead head held belt his liy Heaths I disabled l ma jima machine rhino chine An Ati 11 explanation of at many mIshaps on Oil onIke Ike Jericho turn lurn piko came callie to light when Wally Own Owen a chauffeur found a large quantity of or nails scattered along ailing the tue course lour a aliotI distance below the Ih grand stand Many of or broken brokon glass glas wa was also aim found Cound nn on the rent nt itt this hits point suffered a it long delay a as 81 a 11 re ra result stilt sult of or lila his hi accident on oms the lie seventh lInth round And before hi lila broken tire lire Ih had Md been bean replaced M Dell Clement had lied taken lakon the lead bid The Iii eighth round was VIII covered cov rel relby by Clement In 33 0 and ho lie Hashed flashed past pat the grand with a clear clar advantage of ot II 11 minutes over ever Heath Ileath h hI his nearest competitor At that time t still reported report In trouble and It wa was thought he hit h was wan hopelessly out of at the Tale rare Heath nath win wilts hl the race ral end ami the Willie William IC 1 Vanderbilt Jr tup up liy hy tino IW minute soil nd 14 34 3 seconds second and ond II It I In that many man records were acre broken Heath llrath covered Urn th last sod and tenth round In 27 minutes minute slid live five Albeit flem lem iem lement ent emit wits vox eron i anti and lytIs third This The machines tn to finish first and fc pet nod mid In III tho thi I hI race rate Imported W horse horne I elite Ia Thir TIll third VIA was a 1 21 horse horae nUl of lit it link |
